Construction!
 
September 2025

Board Books
10 little construction trucks
by Annie Bailey

This sturdy board book will keep babies and toddlers busy as they learn to count down from ten to one while spending the day on a construction site, where they'll meet such machines as bulldozers, rollers, forklifts and concrete mixers.
Whose big rig?
by Toni Buzzeo

Depictions of six types of specialized rigs, from an excavator to a bulldozer, that are used to construct a light-rail system, while lyrical text prompts children to pair each vehicle with its operator. 
Construction
by Sasha Morton

Touch and feel sturdy construction vehicles in this stylish, design-led board book. 
My first trucks and diggers : let's get driving!
by Marie Greenwood

Encouraging little ones to play and learn, this interactive, first-word board book provides easy-to-grip top and side picture tabs that reveal all sorts of favorite trucks and diggers! 
Safe-T-Rex
by Sharna Carter

Rex is ready to build a castle and play with tools and trucks! Join Rex on another lift-the-flap adventure
Let's go, contruction trucks.
by Scholastic Inc.

In rhyming text, construction trucks introduce themselves and describe their jobs
Dozer, excavator, mixer & more! / : Dozer, Excavator, Mixer & More!
by Joan Holub

Helping to connect the dots between people and the technology they create, this exciting board book invites kids to join a construction crew and learn how big vehicles work and about the inventors behind them. 
Who's Digging?
by Katrina Moore

Book Annotation
¡A trabajar duro!/ Working Hard!
by Jaye Garnett

Asómate y explora sitios de construcción. ¡Las 12 tapitas gruesas tienen ventanas para echar un vistazo!
Digger
by Molly Littleboy

Featuring layered die cut pages, this interactive board book introduces little readers to diggers, showing the various parts of the machine, how it moves, what it does at the construction site and more. Illustrations.
Picture Books
Pequeña Excavadora
by Anna Dewdney

A toda máquina vienen rodando los GRANDES CAMIONES de construcción. Bum-bum-bum pum-pum-pum Bip Bip ¡Booop! La pala cargadora,el camión volquete, la retroexcavadora y la grúa se reúnen para transformar un terreno baldío en un parque recreativo. ¿Y quién quiere ayudar más que nadie? ¡PEQUEÑA EXCAVADORA! Pero ¿cuál será el mejor trabajo para alguien de su tamaño?
Cranky
by Phuc Tran

"In this funny story about big trucks, big feelings and even bigger friendships, Cranky the crane truck is feeling, well, cranky, and doesn't want to talk about it until his friends and honesty help him turn his frown upside down."
Hard Hat Hank and the sky-high solution
by Charlotte Gunnufson

Hard Hat Hank and his crew are ready to build but two birds decide to make their home on the construction site, leaving Hank to figure out a new plan that lets the buildings and birds enjoy their new home. Illustrations.
Construction destruction
by James Dean

A latest groovy adventure starring Pete the Cat finds him eagerly participating in an effort to rebuild his community's dilapidated playground. 
Un gran edificio : un libro para contar sobre construcción
by Michael Dahl

Este libro ilustrado para niños describe en inglés y español la construcción de un edificio muy grande y enumera las máquinas y tipos de trabajadores que se emplean, por ejemplo, un plan, dos palas mecánicas, tres camiones, etc. hasta los doce pisos de alto que es el edificio cuando se termina la obra.
Wake up, trucks!
by Jodie Parachini

"It's a new day, and it's time for the construction trucks to get to work! Digger, Dump Truck, Mixer, Crane, and other vehicles travel to the building site to carry heavy loads, smooth roads, dig holes, and more. And at the end of the day, the trucks return home to wash up and get ready for bed."
Hooray for trucks!
by Susan Hughes

Refusing to get cleaned up because they want to keep working, the trucks at the construction site discover that washing away the dirt means they get to keep loading and lifting—and roll down the street in a truck parade.
Nonfiction Books! 
Construction site
by Jill McDonald

Introduces vehicles commonly found at a construction site, including steamrollers, dump trucks, and excavators
All about construction workers
by Mari C. Schuh

"Abby loves her community and the construction workers that built it! Construction workers create everything from sidewalks to buildings. This engaging approach to curricular content invites readers to learn all about construction workers"
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